Scotia Place

Construction

Scotia Place - Construction

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Dynamic. Purposeful.
In progress.

Building Calgary's future home for sports, entertainment and community gathering.

Construction highlights

  • Construction workers 200

    Over 200 construction workers are on site daily, helping build Scotia Place one step at a time.

  • Cubic metres of concrete 41

    Over 41,000 cubic metres of concrete will be used throughout Scotia Place. That’s enough to fill more than 20 NHL-sized hockey arenas up to the top of the boards.

  • Metric tonnes of steel 39

    Over 39,000 metric tonnes of steel rebar will be installed during construction. That’s enough to stretch more than a quarter of the way around the Earth.

The build

Take a behind-the-scenes look at the construction progress with this monthly time-lapse from July.

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Project updates

July 22, 2025

One year of progress: building Scotia Place

June 9, 2025

Column by column, construction gains momentum

April 14, 2025

It’s up and out from here!

December 12, 2024

Calgary Planning Commission approves development permit for Scotia Place

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Construction at-a-glance

Explore key moments in the construction of Scotia Place. 

Construction at-a-glance description

Design: Final agreements between The City of Calgary, Government of Alberta, Calgary Sports and Entertainment Corporation and Calgary Exhibition and Stampede officially launched the design phase. 

Site preparation: Crews began to make the room necessary for the full 10-acre space by moving 5 Street S.E., to the east and building 5A Street S.E.  Excavation began following a formal ground-breaking and design reveal in July 2024.

Construction: Construction started on the foundation in January 2025, with Scotia Place scheduled to open fall 2027. 

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Stampede Trail access rendering
Stampede Trail S.E. image courtesy of Calgary Municipal Land Corporation (CMLC). This image is conceptual and may be subject to change.

The C+E Access Map

Use The Culture + Entertainment Access Map for real-time construction and access updates and to help plan your visit.

The C+E Access Map
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Land acknowledgement

Calgary sits on fertile land where two rivers meet, where Indigenous Peoples have been gathering for thousands of years, sharing knowledge and storytelling, and planning for future generations. The traditional names for this place we know as Calgary are Moh-kins-tsis, Wîchispa Oyade, Otos-kwunee and Guts-ists’i — the land that has given so much to so many.

Elders teach us the importance of acknowledging the land of where we gather, settle or visit, and offering gratitude for the generosity of the gifts that Mother Earth has shared with us. With this, we offer respect for those who traditionally lived on this land, and welcome those who have made Calgary their home.

Calgary is located on the traditional territories of the people of the Treaty 7 region in Southern Alberta. This includes the Blackfoot Confederacy, made up of the Siksika, Piikani, and Kainai First Nations; the Îethka Nakoda Wîcastabi First Nations, comprised of the Chiniki, Bearspaw, and Wesley First Nations; and the Tsuut’ina First Nation. Calgary is also homeland to the historic Northwest Métis and to Métis Nation of Alberta, Region 3. We acknowledge all Indigenous urban Calgarians who have made this city their home. Together, their spiritual and practical relationships to the land create rich lessons for our life as a community.

We are thankful for the opportunity that this sacred place provides us to engage in reconciliation and to make life better every day for all who call Calgary home.

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Media credits

Video footage and images provided by: C&B Advertising, Cakewalk, Calgary Economic Development, Calgary Stampede, Glenbow, Sean Thonson, Colin Way, Sherpas Cinema, Tourism Calgary, Travel Aberta, Calgary Tower, Calgary Sports & Entertainment Corporation.

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